Katie and Mo

Hi! I'm Katie, and Mo is my family's eight year old Sheltie. This blog is mostly about her, but there will be some appearances of Amber and Puss, our old Goldie and Persian cat. And occasionally me, and very occasionally some of my 12th century reenactment. Other blog is @that-is-not-irony

[mothesheltie]

Mo’s breeder emailed yesterday to tell us that she has two ten week old dog puppies ready to go. She said she knows our loss must still be raw but she wanted to give us first refusal just in case. 

My baby nephew comes to our house three days a week and all of us work. Bringing a puppy into our current situation wouldn't be fair on anyone and I know saying no was the right thing to do but it still feels like I've been punched in the throat. 

I can't stand this, I miss Mo so much. I don’t know who I am without a dog. 

[mothesheltie]

Heartbroken

Yesterday my beautiful little girl passed over the rainbow bridge. She was ill on Friday but perked up on Saturday. Then yesterday morning she went downhill and we took her in to the vet, who put her on fluids and took some blood samples. When she called to give us the results it wasn't good news. Mo was in acute kidney failure. The whole family gathered together, and we were all with her at the end. She had her favourite toy, Bernard, and we left him with her. 

Mo was the most amazing little dog. She had a beautiful personality and so much character. She loved her morning cuddles with dad watching the Grand Prix, pottering about in the garden with Mum, and chasing the pidgeons off her patch. Her favourite words were ‘biscuit’, ‘breakfast’, ‘bedtime’ and ‘pidgeon’. She used to lie on top of the sofa, watching for us coming back from work and school, knowing damn well she wasn't supposed to be up there. She would attack the post as it came through the letterbox and accidentally get shut in Mum and dad's room when we were out.   Mo always knew when we were upset and would come and climb on our laps. She always wanted to help and if that meant demanding the carrot peelings to save us the effort of binning them, so be it. 

Mo barely got to know my little nephew, who was born only a month ago. She used to guard his pram and get worried when he cried. They should have had another five happy years together. Mo would have been ten in November. She's gone far too soon but I will be forever grateful for these ten years when I have been privileged enough to be loved by the greatest dog in the world. 

I will love you forever Mo. There will never be another dog like you. You are such a good little girl. 

Goodbye puppy dog. We love you. 

[pencilbrony]

[vantwinblade]

I hate you all.

[securityunit-ese]

Stealing horseblrs gif game where you post the first gif that shows up under your pet’s name because I can

Thistle:

Thyme:

Dusty:

Hopscotch:

[campfirecanines]

!!!

Gunner:

And I can already guess that Asher’s will be from How to Get Away with Murder:

I WAS WRONG? WHO ARE THESE MEN

Chillermo and his secondary names return nothing. So I’ll go with la Mancha:

somebody mixed up their musicals, it seems

[thedognamedepic]

Epic

[mothesheltie]

Mo

Why?

[superdupersafeforwork-deactivat]

Change a single letter and change the word game

I want to play a game with you all.

You have to make a new word by changing only one letter of the last word.

Dirt

[inanna76]

Dire

[who-left-the-lid-off-the-jam-de]

Dare

[missmirim]

Bare

[who-left-the-lid-off-the-jam-de]

Bard

[superdupersafeforwork-deactivat]

Card

[inanna76]

Care

[chiami-jishin]

Mare

[who-left-the-lid-off-the-jam-de]

Male

[chiami-jishin]

Made

[dharuadhmacha-deactivated201706]

Mode

[little-darkling-poppy-deactivat]

Code

[kitten-bug-deactivated20170726]

Cone

[wasmnowf-deactivated20180327]

Core

[trueconfessionsofacurvygirl]

Cord

[good-vibes-and-natural-highs]

Lord

[mermaidstripperhoe]

Lard

[planet-girlbaby]

Lark

[darkskinloverboy]

Park

[persephonesecretlair]

Perk

[hotephoetips-deactivated2017080]

Peak

[g-odcomplex]

pear

[jayayyenneee-deactivated2019103]

Hear

[brown--recluse]

Heat

[foxyj26]

Seat

[ziggyinthisthang]

Beat

[livinginvirtualinsanity]

Beam

[jetsxdopestnerd]

Bean

[whispermymistakes]

Lean

[quicklywisecollector7-deactivat]

Mean

[simplyky-xo-deactivated20190601]

Meal

[onlineerica]

Teal

[big-dick-nigga-3-deactivated202]

Tear

[nastydingaling-deactivated20191]

Team

[gabi-verstop-asslover-deactivat]

Beam

[mountainshigh-valleylow-deactiv]

Bear

[420vision]

Beer

[fatassjanetjackson]

Bear

[imsoshive]

Fear

[thebachelorsparty]

Feat

[eatpussylivehappy]

Seat

[taintedeyees]

Seal

[glow888]

Heal

[uncreativelyinclined]

Deal

[hawt-chocolatte-deactivated2018]

Meal

[bigdaddyafrica]

Meat

[hchocolate]

Heat

[nonsensicalmetwhimsical]

Heal

[ororomunroedontpullout]

Hear

[mythiquebitch]

Tear

[sjthegod]

Fear

[bugzielove-deactivated20201023]

Rear.

[imsoshive]

Reap

[fuegogains]

Real

[beautiful-fallacies]

Reel

[trynpronounceit-deactivated2018]

Feel

[mai-yuh]

Fell

[jhon-doe-smokes-deactivated2020]

Hell

[caramelsutraaa]

Bell

[kemxcv]

Tell

[swallowthatshit]

Sell

[monopolyjailhouse]

Yell

[lexxgotthejuice]

Yelp

[johnb-88]

Kelp

[simplykhadeja]

Help

[biohazerd]

Hell

[reclaimingmywords-deactivated20]

Bell

[anexperimentallife]

Belt

[knightless]

Pelt

[karethdreams]

Welt

[jezi-belle]

Went

[jessicamiriamdrew]

Bent

[tillythemouse]

Tent

[blackestglass]

Tend

[walkinginthemoonlight3]

Rend

[happybean17]

Rind

[angelycdevil]

Find

[eragonsaphira]

Fine

[rae-redacted]

Tine

[madmaudlingoes]

Tone

[easily-overlooked]

Done

[fairy-queen-danie]

Dane

[phoenixgirlarsonist]

Lane

[criticalrolequotesandstuff]

Late

[magicalism]

Lace

[yourseth]

Pace

[rareandradiant-maiden]

Pact

[artemisbarnowl]

Fact

[salty-sighthound]

Face

[faithliesinashes]

Fade

[theagilityspaniel-deactivated20]

Made

[mothesheltie]

Bade

[secretoctopus-deactivated201912]

John Mulaney | The Salt & Pepper Diner

[keroa]

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[numahachi]

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[jukun]

[valbrandur]

[ddemotivators]

AAAAAAAAAHHH!!!

[minervafloofderg-migrating]

[thegreenwolf]

[shock]

ever wanted to know what your name might be if you were a villain using the common thematic structures of ridiculous DC villains? 

wonder no more.

i am King Egg.

[hermannco]

I got frucking ‘Lord man’

[mothesheltie]

Could be worse, I got Lord Regurgitator

[twobarklessdogs]

What breed has your dog been called by strangers?

Mine are Basenjis and they’ve been called -Shiba inus -Chihuahuas -Whippets -Corgis

And also -Cats -Deer -Foxes

[littlestgsp]

-Labrador -Pit bull mix (what?) -Greyhound

[specklemutts]

A lady once asked me if Rebel was a Pit bull. Mostly people guess Lab mix or just ask though

[pipersteg]

When I had a sheltie, everyone asked if she was a collie. She was not an oversized sheltie either. Now I have a collie and everyone asks if he is a sheltie. He’s a regular size collie. The confusion of the two breeds is real. With my Belgian sheepdog, far too many thought it was a collie or maybe a wolf. Yeah, he’s neither. Though a Belgian Turv played a wolf in the movie Ladyhawke. Great movie !

[jemmabean]

I think I’ve said this before but Jemma is constantly mistaken for a mini Aussie, and there have been multiple instances where people have gotten angry at me for toting my “Aussie mix” as a purebred Sheltie. 

I’ve also gotten border collie, cattle dog, and collie. 

Daisy, my husky-lab–a fluffy, stocky, golden-brown, floppy eared doggo–was also mistaken for a wolf. Like, constantly. Knowing more about wolfdogs now has me rolling my eyes at all that. 

[sammythesheltie]

Sammy is often called a Border Collie, mini Aussie or little Collie.

[mothesheltie]

Mo gets Rough Collie, Collie mix and puppy a lot. She's nine. 

[poodlemonium]

Reblog with your top 5 favourite dog breeds and your favourite colour of each breed!

1. Doberman Pinscher (black & tan) 2. Standard Poodle (black phantom) 3. Beauceron (harlequin) 4. American Cocker Spaniel (buff) 5. Shetland Sheepdog (tri-colour blue merle)

[danubedogs]

1. Kooikerhondje (red sable with a lot of white piebald)

2. Icelandic Sheepdog (red sable and white)

3. Whippet (fawn brindle and white)

4. Brittany (orange and white)

5. Chihuahua (red piebald)

(can you tell i have a thing for red and white dogs)

[smoothexpression]

in no particular order ( i don’t like ranking things) rough/smooth collie: sable and white chinese crested: black and white english cocker spaniel: blue roan bavarian mountain hound: red w/ strong black markings scottish deerhound:black

[mothesheltie]

Golden Retriever: Dark gold

Shetland Sheepdog: Sable and white, lots of black shading

Portuguese Water Dog: Liver, minimal white

English Setter: Tri-colour belton

Large Munsterlander: Blue roan

[sidetongue]

RE: the dog with a short white coat and a long brown coat -- is there any chance that the dog might be a chimera?

I didn’t know that chimera was a thing and thought you were talking about a big fire breathing mister because YES the dog is definitely one of those. But speaking genetically I have no idea, I suppose it is possible, because it’s not just a difference in length, the texture of the fur is very different as well. But then (I’m sorry I have no clue how genetics work) wouldn’t he have to have inherited the funky fur from a parent? And he’s a purebred springer so both mum and dad would have the same type of fur, so I don’t know where the cottony, wispy brown patches came from?? I don’t know man

[mothesheltie]

My friend has an eleven year old springer who's coat does exactly the same thing. Tbh I just assumed it was a springer thing

[salty-sighthound]

I had a similar problem with my 5s. No charger worked and I thought it would be an expensive fix. Turned out there was loads of dust and fluff in the charging port. Use a pin to scrape around in there and you should get it out. If that's the problem it might be pretty compacted so it might take a few minutes. My phone works just fine now :)

Thanks for the suggestion!!!! I tried it though and it’s still not working :( 

[mothesheltie]

Sorry, I hoped that would do it :/ hopefully there will still be a cheap fix

[two-sets-of-paws]

To all of you who’ve ever made the decision put down your pet...

Our lil mutt Meiky just turned 8 years old and he’s now completely blind and nearly completely death. He also has dementia, which in my opinion is his biggest disability. And just to recap this time last year he was perfectly fit and healthy, no disabilities what so ever. 

It all just went so darn fast that it seems like we haven’t caught up to his situation. Last year he’d go on an hour long walk in the morning and another two-hour walk/hike in the evening + training sessions + fetch sessions which he loved more than anything else. Now we barely ever take him on walks anymore - only when he’s noticeably having a ‘good day’, which comes down to like once a week and even then we’ll usually have to carry him half of the way cause he’ll just stop in his tracks and gets completely disorientated. He also hasn’t picked up a toy in months - just trips over them from time to time when Merlin lets them lie around the apartment. 

We live in the second floor of our building and Meik won’t walk stairs anymore so we have a little bag that we sit him in, then carry him downstairs and let him go potty. He’ll hop out of his bag, do his business and then wait until someone comes and sets him back into his bag - he can’t find his own way back anymore. He’s also recently started having accidents in the house.

When he first turned blind he was doing fine in places he already knew. He knew where the furniture in the apartment was, so he barely ever ran into anything. But lately he’s more out of it than ever - last week he walked straight into a wall. 

He knows that he needs to sit and wait in his crate for his breakfast and dinner and before this whole ‘thing’ started he’d always get breakfast after our morning, and dinner after our evening walk so whenever we’d come in he’d jump right in his crate and wait to be fed. Now whenever we come home (from potty breaks or whatever really) he wobbles right into his crate and sits there for up to an hour waiting for his food even if he was just been fed an hour ago. 

Ever since Meik’s ‘condition’ started we’ve been to the vet four times and the only thing they’ve ever done is prescribe him some pills to help with the oxygen delivery to the brain and send us right back home. 

I just don’t know what to do anymore. He doesn’t seem to be in any obvious pain, but I just don’t feel like he has a quality of life anymore, at least not when I compare it to where he was just a year ago… 

So to anyone who’s ever made the decision to put down their pet, how did you know when enough is enough?

[twobigears]

Well, with Solstice it was a serious medical emergency that happened very quickly with no chance of recovery, so I didn’t get a choice. She’s the only dog I’ve had to put down so far but for most of our previous cats it was more of a long term quality of life thing.

My first cat developed an oral sarcoma when she was 17. We could have put her through chemo and treatment, but of course at 17 it was also a question of the pain and stress of the treatments. So we just let it be and she was fine for a while. When it got the point where she could no longer comfortably eat soft food, we said that was it.

Our next cats were a brother-sister pair that ended up having feline leukemia and we didn’t know it until the male developed a horrible abscess in his mouth and went downhill quickly. The female lived a few more years but eventually started having seizures. When the seizures got more frequent she basically gave up her will to live and we let her go.

If it’s down to quality of life and there is nothing more you and the vets can do, that’s when I’d be thinking about letting them go. It’s a sucky decision no matter what, and you’ll always question if it was the right decision and if there was something else to do.

[mothesheltie]

With Amber it was mostly a long term quality of life thing. She had developed a problem similar to arthritis in her spine and was losing the use of her back legs. She couldn't feel them anymore, struggled to walk on our wood floors and couldn't walk more than twenty metres down the road at a very slow pace. The day we made the decision to have her put to sleep, she left her breakfast untouched and had thrown up last nights dinner undigested. With Amber, everything was about food, her entire life. No biscuit? She wouldn't so much as wag her tail in your direction. So leaving her breakfast was huge. She was also urinating in the house. She had a spotless record of being clean inside since she was a puppy but it reached the point where she looked at the step into the garden, looked over her shoulder at me and went on the floor. I know I can't personify a dogs expression, but that look was so guilty and humiliated that I just sat down and hugged her. The vet came out to see her and he said he could prescribe something to help in the short term, but one night she would go up the garden to do her business and not be able to get back up again. She might be stuck for hours. We couldn't do that to her. Enough was enough, and the vet put her to sleep at home, with all of us and, importantly, Mo there with her. It's been two and a half years and I still miss her. I'm crying my eyes out typing this. But if I had the chance to make the decision again I'd do the same, because I know it was right for her. 

Ultimately it is your decision. Maybe ask your vets advice and consider Meiky’s future. It's a horrible decision to have to make and it hurts like hell, but personally I think watching your dog go further downhill hurts worse. 

[libfas]

On March 22nd 2016 a terrorist attack in Brussels took the lives of 35 people. It’s been exactly one year.

But these pictures aren’t from Brussels last year. They’re London. Today.

While people in Belgium are mourning. People in London are dying. And for what?

[eightbigpaws]

Speaking of brilliant/funny dog names, anyone wants to share their dogs’ pedigree names with me (no need to include the breeder/kennel name if you don’t want to, just the “name” part)?

My old sheltie was Mustafa Mutt.

And Rakki is registered to microchip database as Rakki von Smrz Duke of Muddleton. (this was a result of joking with my friends and Partner™).

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the truth is out there 👽

[eightbigpaws]

Mulder’s name is brilliant! I also forgot to add our old Finnish Lapphund. He was Old Man Skipper.

[fjordfolk]

Sparta is LMS Villa Medusa, her litter was named after reality shows. Which is why her big brother is named LMS Big Brother.

[lappaika]

Dante is Trindy’s Vanilla Cola and Aika is Lapinyön Prinsessa (literal translation: Lapland Night’s Princess)

The funniest I’ve heard are sadly in Finnish and word play, but there are also quite a few English ones.

VH. Hello World 

VH. Hey You 

VH. Hope You Like 

Care Bears Fun Captain Cosmos 

S. Ex Tempore 

R. Ideal Tom Sawyer

R. Incredible Louise

R. Innovative Brad Pitt

R. Irresistible Thelma

Axaluca of Great Pleasure

H. Happy Hooker

H. Pick Up Sticks  

[zeldathesheltie]

Zelda is “Another love” from the song “Another Love” by Tom Odell. Zelda’s litter was also called up after songs. The first sheltie I had was also named by a old song actually. Twist was “Let’s Twist again” by Chubby Checker. Our favorite thing to do togheter was dancing to that song 😂😇

[inautumndays]

Beatrice was Dancing Queen “Queenie” an ABBA themed litter and Oz was Pee Wee’s playhouse “Pee Wee Herman” he was the smallest 😂❤

[oonbrootfloosh]

Kai is “HC’s In the Element”

Scream is “Hillrose Under Pressure!” Venture is “Journey On” Atari is “Teenage Riot”

[huskyhuddle]

Noodle is “Use Your Spaetzle” haha

[hadissimastuff]

I almost chocked rn about the spaetzle part, I can’t. I’m not sure it means the same to me as it does to you though 😂

Zelda is Nature’s Wonder Lovely Lacey, apparently named after a female detective on TV?

Her siblings are Nature’s Wonder Lovely Lando, Nature’s Wonder Lovely Leya and Nature’s Wonder Lovely Leroy. The breeders always choose a litter name and then names for each puppy 😊

[huskyhuddle]

Omfg now I’m worried lmaooooo what does it mean to you, spaetzle has always meant those noodle dumpling like food, and because she’s a German shepherd mix named noodle I did use your spaetzle instead of use your noodle lol. BUT OMG NOW AM V WORRIED

[hadissimastuff]

Oh yes there’s those too of course. I don’t know if it’s just in my area/the area where my grandparents are from, but basically your dogs name is a dick joke

[huskyhuddle]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA KILL ME

THIS WOULD BE MY LIFE

[mothesheltie]

Mo is Saunderswood Rainbow Fleur and her sister is Saunderswood Fields of Gold. Not sure if the registered names of the litter were themed but the pups were called Mo, Bo, Flo and Jo

[mothesheltie]

Food??????

Guys, can I get some advice? Mo is currently on Bakers weight control and she loves it. She's a picky eater and would rather go hungry than eat food she doesn't like. Her coat looks pretty good and she's a healthy weight. I know Bakers is crap food. Seriously, the ingredient list is appalling. But every time I've tried to get her on better food she turns her nose up. She's fine if it's half and half Bakers and something better, but the moment Bakers is gone she won't touch it. My parents buy the food and we don't have much spare money. We can't afford £40 kibble every few weeks, and raw feeding is a no no (although I would prefer to try it). My dog is basically eating crap twice a day and I am desperate to change it. But should I stick with Bakers because she will actually eat it, or try to feed half and half? I don't think she'll switch entirely, I've tried three times now and it just results in a wasted sack of food. Any ideas?

[securityunit-ese]

Question anon here! You said Thistle isn't stinky, can you explain?

Good name! You’re now question anon! YOURE ALL QUESTION ANON.

IDK she just…she doesn’t really smell. Like, if you shove your head right up to sniff her she has an ever so vaguely fishy smell? Nothing unpleasant, she just smells a bit like fish. IDK if that’s her or the fact that I tend to buy fish based kibbles.

The only time she smells is when she has:

- rolled in something dead

- farted - im sure she farts sometimes but I have only smelt it three times in all this time owning her. Once in the car ((cheese)), once while laying on the floor ((cheese)) and another time on the bed with her butt pointed right at my face ((cause unknown)).

And thanks to whoever told me to smell her feet, I am now aware they do indeed smell like cornchips and this disturbs me very greatly.

[mothesheltie]

I'm so glad other people smell their dogs feet, I always get such weird looks whenever I sniff Mo’s. They smell like cheese Doritos but nobody ever believes me :/